Welcome Message

Please take a few minutes to read this message to all of you: http://kadetskyfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2009/12/welcome-to-kadetsky-family-history-blog.html

Sunday 20 April 2008

Letter to all Relatives

Dear All,
We (Gary Lelonek, Mark Hallerman and Jenni Hymoff) have slowly been uploading a lot of the genealogical information we've been gathering in the last 10 years, to this KADETSKY family blog.

There is a lot more to be added and we am slowly working on it when we get some spare time (not easy for us, but anyway!) and we will welcome anything you wish to add. Pictures, trees, family anecdotes: all are welcome.  There is a specific address on the blog that you can use, Kadetskyfamilyhistory@gmail.com. or our personal e-mail addresses.

Several comments to you all:
We will not publish names of living persons without their express consent, nor pictures that are less than 25 years old, IF there are living people on it (this is accepted genealogical practice), without the express consent of the people pictured. This means YOU!!! If you do not give us (Gary or myself) your consent, your entry (and that of your children and grandchildren unless they separately authorise us to) will give only birth year and gender: in other words: "female, born 1958" (see attached examples). If you want us to state anything different, please feel free to tell us! No geographical information will be given for living persons either, nor will anything like Social Security numbers, addresses, phone numbers or any other contact info for anyone but us EVER, unless you expressly authorise us to publish yours.

We would also greatly appreciate your feedback on the site: all comments are welcome, especially if you correct wrong information. This blog is for all of us, to collect the information for all, in one place and after a few weeks awaiting your collective and individual replies, We will adapt the family trees and upload it with names and birth dates appropriately deleted where need be. Spouses' names will not be included without authorisation unless both are deceased. Anything uploaded can be downloaded, so if you wish something to be changed, let us know. Reasonable requests will be honoured. And if you are not on it yet, you will be as soon as we get to your branch!   We'd also love to hear from anyone not previously contacted, to fill in gaps and get to know you!
Any family member requesting it will be able to get via e-mail or post, the "real" tree (complete with who is who) and copies of pictures or documents. I'm very slow at answering postal requests, but will eventually get to you!  Gary is much better at it, but please be patient as we are both employed and this is a hobby..... 
You may refer others (preferably family) to this site but we will only be sharing it amongst us, the family (extended, but only if that person is mentioned on it, we've not gone as far as to add cousins of cousins). We can eventually set up a password to access it, if you want, but the general idea is for it to be accessible to all so that we can gather the most infomation and relatives.   You are also welcome to copy pictures or trees for your personal use, or we can send better resolution ones via e-mail.
Hoping you enjoy your first visit to the blog and looking forward to your feedback!
cheers,
Gary Lelonek and Jenni Hymoff (with Mark Hallerman's input as well)